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Here's a question: Can you name a Boston Red Sox team that actually had good to great rotation depth at the start of a season?
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OK. This started off with you saying Sale, Price, Porcello, Johnson and Vazquez is a 'pretty bad rotation to start the year'. That seems rather pessimistic to me, considering that Johnson has looked pretty good, and Pomeranz is expected back quickly. My sense is that your real gripe is with DD not picking up any dumpster dives yet. Apparently he was trying but couldn't find any takers because the dumpster dives saw better opportunities with other teams.
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I actually got a laugh out of Shaughnessy's latest column. It's about baseball in the age of the millenials. He mentions that the Red Sox employ no fewer than four club mental skills coordinators and Dr. Richard Ginsburg, who is the PhD director of the club’s behavioral health program. I asked Hall of Famer Jim Palmer if the Orioles provided him with a mental skills coach back in the 1970s. “If we had one of those, the guy would have spent more time with Earl Weaver than he would have spent with us,’’ said Palmer. “Motivational speeches? Here’s one. Earl would run out to the mound in the middle of an inning and say, ‘Hey, are you f***ing* trying?’ ’’ *It says [expletive] here in the actual article, of course.
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Inquiring minds want to know: Why did you say you didn't like the 96-101 bracket in the How Many Wins thread and went with 92-95 instead?
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I don't disagree. (He's .688 in a Red Sox uniform.)
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Oh sure, you can freely revise your estimate throughout the season.
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Nope. Anything 700 and over would be great for Sandy. And 750 or better would be great for Vaz.
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You said every team potentially has a good rotation. That would imply that every pitcher who starts the year in a major league rotation is about equal, if they stay healthy and pitch to their abilities.
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You're saying our rotation in 2015 was just as good as this one?
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Hit in the left hip with a line drive. Described as a contusion. Stay tuned and cross fingers.
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Which is not to say I'm not aware that our rotation depth could be a problem over the long haul.
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So what? I think the question is whether Lackey is still interested in playing or not. He hasn't officially retired.
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I don't know - it's not a bad rotation if Johnson pitches decently and Pomeranz is back quickly.
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Being manager of the Yankees or the Red Sox is a very tough gig.
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It's not that bad. We start out playing the Rays and Marlins - all the way to April 8. And we have off-days on April 4, 6, and 9. Plus we shouldn't be without Pomeranz for long from the sounds of it.
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You seemed to be pretty excited about Judge's spring training numbers - so which is it?
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Well I must say it'd be pretty sweet if Boone turns out to be a doofus as a manager.
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Here's hoping! Nice job today for sure.
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Cole Sturgeon
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Nice play on words with aspirations!
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I think it makes a lot of sense for Holt to start in AAA. We'll need him soon enough.
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And I'm the only one who voted for 96-101 wins, and my actual prediction is 96.
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Lackey actually had a decent second half last year. When we picked up Fister last year he also seemed to be 'out of baseball'.
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I think I'm one of the only Sox fans here who will concede that the Yanks should be the favorite on paper. I think we need more X factors to go our way than you do. It does happen, though.
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Parmesan truffle fries sound incredibly good.
